The Armenian is currently out injured and is not expected back until next month, but the report suggests the Gunners could take advantage of Milan’s interest in order to raise funds to complete the purchase of Denis Suarez.

It seems unlikely that Unai Emery would be willing to let the 29-year-old go through, with Aaron Ramsey already heading for the exit door this summer and Mesut Ozil regularly missing matches.

As reported earlier, Mkhitaryan is still recovering from injury which he sustained in the last quarterfinals of the English League Cup against Tottenham (0-2) on December 19.